Item 1:

[Brigadier General Jay] Hood was briefing the subcommittee on one particular terrorist detainee [who] had lost his leg. During his stay at Guantanamo, American military doctors provided him—at taxpayer expense—with a modern prosthetic leg, Hood said. A subsequent review of his status resulted in the decision to release him from American custody.

Hood told the subcommittee that this terrorist has since rejoined the fight with his jihadist brothers in Afghanistan.

Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), chairing the hearing, revealed some of his outrage at that fact with biting sarcasm.

“Has he reported back from the battlefield against Americans how well the leg we provided him with works?”

Item 2:

During a routine patrol in Baghdad June 2, Army Pfc. Stephen Tschiderer, a medic, was shot in the chest by an enemy sniper, hiding in a van just 75 yards away. The incident was filmed by the insurgents.

Tschiderer [...] was knocked to the ground from the impact, but he popped right back up, took cover and located the enemy’s position.

After tracking down the now-wounded sniper with a team from [the] Iraqi Army Brigade, Tschiderer secured the terrorist with a pair of handcuffs and gave medical aid to the terrorist who’d tried to kill him just minutes before.

(Emphasis mine.)